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India, which is both poor and democratic, is a happy
exception
to this rule.
The reasons for this progress are well known: with the
exception
of 2001 and 2009, these were boom years for commodity-exporting countries like Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Chile, and, of course, Venezuela, as well as for manufacturing-based economies, like Mexico.
With the
exception
of the Caracazo – a wave of protests against free-market reforms in 1989 that resulted in an estimated 3,000 deaths – there were only minor bouts of repression.
Ahmadinejad is not an
exception
to this rule.
Such a stratagem is possible only in connection with foreign policy matters, and, unlike in Britain, it is the exception, not the rule.
The
exception
here is Belgium, where assuming zero net debt would leave future generations with surpluses.
The recently published transparency index from Save the Children UK shows that transparency is the exception, not the rule.
Unfortunately, the education sector still lags behind others in harnessing the potential of innovative development finance – and loan buy-downs are no
exception.
In other words, the French
exception
is alive and well.
There is one notable exception: South Africa.
Fossil-fuel pricing is a striking
exception
to the general rule that if the government has only one policy instrument, it can achieve only one policy objective.
But my story should not be an
exception.
Poland is the
exception
that suggests what might have been.
With the
exception
of the almost defunct six-party talks aimed at eliminating the nuclear threat posed by North Korea, Asia’s powers refuse to be constrained by international rules or norms.
Uganda is not an
exception.
The Republicans – with the
exception
of Trump, who rejects future Social Security “cuts” – would gradually slow growth, whereas the Democrats propose increasing Social Security benefits.
The only
exception
is Greece.
But most Indians regard Slumdog Millionaire as an
exception.
(with a minor
exception
in the fourth report, which gave a range of 2.0-4.5ºC).
With the
exception
of the Obama administration’s lack of resolve in denouncing the treatment of protesters by the US-allied regimes in Bahrain and Yemen, America’s position on the Arab revolts has been welcomed.
There is little historical precedent for the peaceful breakup of a state, with an
exception
like Czechoslovakia’s consensual split in 1993 occurring in unique circumstances.
The status quo will argue that Enron is an exception: that its demise was due to fraud, that we have laws against fraud, and that those who violate these laws should and will bear the consequences.
With the
exception
of highly technical rules, such as accounting standards, the contents and interpretation of rules is dependent on the context in which they are enforced.
The current accounts of all southern eurozone countries are improving rapidly and, with the possible
exception
of Greece, will soon swing into surplus.
Small countries are the sole exception, because they can pursue beggar-thy-neighbor policies aimed at poaching corporations from their neighbors.
For years afterward, the US was held out as an
exception
– a country in which young men, whatever their background, felt truly at home.
The problem is that no Latin American government, with the
exception
of Panama, wants to dirty its hands.
In politics and business, integrity and accountability must be the rule, not the
exception.
Most large US banks – Citi is an
exception
– passed US Federal Reserve stress tests recently, with enough capital to withstand a hypothetical deep recession (13% unemployment, a 21% further fall in home prices, and a 50% stock-market decline).
This month’s massive rally in Istanbul was a rare
exception.
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